Gail

Gail

Mature and responsible couple will take good care of your home and pets

About Gail

We are two mature, friendly homeowners whose lives were enriched for 12+ years by a beautiful black-and-white cat who strayed in one day and remained with us until he passed away in the fall of 2016. We will adopt another cat in the future, but right now we welcome the opportunity to travel, and consider it a bonus when that travel includes the...

We are two mature, friendly homeowners whose lives were enriched for 12+ years by a beautiful black-and-white cat who strayed in one day and remained with us until he passed away in the fall of 2016. We will adopt another cat in the future, but right now we welcome the opportunity to travel, and consider it a bonus when that travel includes the care and company of others' beloved pets. Both of us are former high school teachers, and since 1991 we have published a non-profit magazine for environmental educators titled Green Teacher. Gail has also worked as an editor in the field of heathcare and health economics. Tim is the past-president of our local residents' association in downtown Toronto, and has twice run for political office. Gail is active in a community choir, and in recent years has fallen in love with long walks after walking the Camino de Santiago in Spain (2012) and the Chemin du Puy in France (2014). We enjoy the outdoors, especially hiking in natural areas; but we also love many aspects of city life, such as museums, art galleries, theatre and great food.

Why I want to house sit

We like to house sit because it allows us time to get to know an area, and we very much like the idea of mutually beneficial exchanges based on good will and trust. There is also a big comfort factor: when away from home, we like having a quiet and homey base rather than staying in noisy hotels (we often stay in B&Bs for this reason). We also love and respect animals, and know from personal experience how important it is that they have attentive companionship and responsible care when their own family is away from home.

My experience

We are new at TrustedHousesitters, but have done house swaps and house sits with friends which entailed caring for their pets, including older pets requiring daily medication. We also regularly look after ours neighbours' pets and houses while they are on vacation, and on three occasions have had housesitters living in our home for extended periods. Having owned an old 1880s house in downtown Toronto for 37 years, we are quite familiar with household systems and have lots of experience in dealing with both routine and emergency maintenance issues. We are handy, competent, responsible people who would respect and care for your pets, house and garden as if they were our own.

About Gail

We are two mature, friendly homeowners whose lives were enriched for 12+ years by a beautiful black-and-white cat who strayed in one day and remained with us until he passed away in the fall of 2016. We will adopt another cat in the future, but right now we welcome the opportunity to travel, and consider it a bonus when that travel includes the care and company of others' beloved pets. Both of us are former high school teachers, and since 1991 we have published a non-profit magazine for environmental educators titled Green Teacher. Gail has also worked as an editor in the field of heathcare and health economics. Tim is the past-president of our local residents' association in downtown Toronto, and has twice run for political office. Gail is active in a community choir, and in recent years has fallen in love with long walks after walking the Camino de Santiago in Spain (2012) and the ......

We are two mature, friendly homeowners whose lives were enriched for 12+ years by a beautiful black-and-white cat who strayed in one day and remained with us until he passed away in the fall of 2016. We will adopt another cat in the future, but right now we welcome the opportunity to travel, and consider it a bonus when that travel includes the care and company of others' beloved pets. Both of us are former high school teachers, and since 1991 we have published a non-profit magazine for environmental educators titled Green Teacher. Gail has also worked as an editor in the field of heathcare and health economics. Tim is the past-president of our local residents' association in downtown Toronto, and has twice run for political office. Gail is active in a community choir, and in recent years has fallen in love with long walks after walking the Camino de Santiago in Spain (2012) and the Chemin du Puy in France (2014). We enjoy the outdoors, especially hiking in natural areas; but we also love many aspects of city life, such as museums, art galleries, theatre and great food.

Why I want to house sit

We like to house sit because it allows us time to get to know an area, and we very much like the idea of mutually beneficial exchanges based on good will and trust. There is also a big comfort factor: when away from home, we like having a quiet and homey base rather than staying in noisy hotels (we often stay in B&Bs for this reason). We also love and respect animals, and know from personal experience how important it is that they have attentive companionship and responsible care when their own family is away from home.

My experience

We are new at TrustedHousesitters, but have done house swaps and house sits with friends which entailed caring for their pets, including older pets requiring daily medication. We also regularly look after ours neighbours' pets and houses while they are on vacation, and on three occasions have had housesitters living in our home for extended periods. Having owned an old 1880s house in downtown Toronto for 37 years, we are quite familiar with household systems and have lots of experience in dealing with both routine and emergency maintenance issues. We are handy, competent, responsible people who would respect and care for your pets, house and garden as if they were our own.